Shingled roofing



Nov. 24, 1953 H; ABRAHAM 2,660,137

` SHINGLED ROOFING Filed May 13, 1952` 2 sheets-sheet 1 INVENToR. Hefeff 46x/44,441

Nov. 24, 195s Filed May 13, 1952 H. ABRAH AM SHINGLED ROOFING 2 sheets-sheet 2 l INVENTOR. HaVdEPrMKA//M BY mrd-ry? Patented Nov. 24, 1953 Herbert Abraham, New York, 1N. Y., assigner to The Buber-oid Co., York, iN. EY., n norp'o-l ration of New lJersey Application May T3, 1952, Serial No. 287,504

compositions, and usually faced with minerall granules or the like.

My invention is intended to produce la rooiing composed of "individual shingles of the reroofer type, that is shingles that are adapted to be applied over a previously laid 'roof to provide a newA and attractive covering.

One object of the invention is to provide a shingled roong 'in which although each shingle is applied with but a single fastener nevertheless as laid they are all secured at four points.

Another object is to produce a 'shingled roofing, of the reroofer type, that strongly resistant to wind of high velocity.

A further object is to provide a roong that is economical in use of shingle material.

A still further object is to produce a roof covering of attractive appearance composed of hexagonal shaped exposure patterns.

Another object is to provide a roof covering o the character described formed of shingles that are self-aligning.

In applying the shingled roong of the present invention I preferably use fasteners or clinchers of the kind shown and described in my Patent No. 2,570,626, of October 9, 1951.

v In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. l is a plan view of one of the shingles employed to form the roofing;

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the manner in which the shingles are applied and laid; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, showing the butt end of an overlapping shingle about to be secured on the fastener;

Fig. 4 is a similar View, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, showing the butt end of the overlapping f shingle secured and clinched; and,

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the manner of cutting the shingles from a web of roong material without waste.

An individual shingle I0 of the form employed to provide the roof covering is shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. Shingles of that form may be conveniently manufactured from a web of roong material II of suitable width, without wastey by cutting the web along the lines indicated in Fig. 5.

The shingle I 0 has parallel, horizontal upper and lower edges I2 and I3 of the same length, and oblique side edges Ill-I4, and I5-I5, each of which slopes at an angle of 45 to the horizontal.

4 Glaims. (C1. 108-73 At each side corner of the shingle is an angular proection or tab, the tab 'at the right corner being designated by the numeral I6 and that 'at the left corner by the numeral If'I. Each tab has a lower straight vedge t8, It, respectively, the two edges fl-JIB bein-g in horizontal alignment with each other. The 'outer side edge of each tab is `formed by a continuation of 'the shingle edge It -on the corresponding side.' The length of the horizontal edge I8 or I9 oi each tab, as the 'case may be, is the same as that of the upper and lower horizontal edges lI2 and I3 of the shingle. `In the preferred embodiment these lengths'are all three and one-half inches.

The shingles are laid in courses, as shown in Fig. 2, with the tabs I6 and I1 of adjacent shin gles in overlapping relation and with their horidzontal edges I8 and I9, respectively, superposed in registration with each other. It will be seen, therefore, that the tabs, among other things', serve 'to self-'align 'the shingles in horizontal courses and in properly spaced relationship. This expedites the correct application of the shingles to the roof. As shown, the tab 'Il of one shingle overlaps the tab I6 of an adjacent one, but that order may be reversed, depending upon whether the shingles are applied from left to right or from right to left.

The lower shank 2o of a double pointed fastener or clincher 2i is driven into the overlying tab I? of each shingle to penetrate through the underlying tab I6 of the adjacent shingle, as well as through the upper end portion of a shingle of the next lower course, and the previously laid covering and into the roof deck or sheathing 22. For the sake of clarity, the previously laid cover-V ing is not shown in the drawings.

At this stage of application the upper shank 23 of the fastener remains erect as seen in Fig. 3. When the shingles of any one course have been applied, those of the next course are simi-v larly applied, the butt portion 24 of each upper shingle being pressed down on the fastener-shank 23 so that the latter will penetrate through the butt portion in such position that its lower edge I3 will be aligned with the superposed edges I8 and I9 of the tabs of the underlying shingles. Thereupon the shank 23 is bent down as seen in Fig. 4, to clinch the butt of the shingle.

When the shingles are laid and applied in the manner illustrated and described each shingle will be held at four points, namely, at its two side corners, its upper and lower ends, although in applying them only one fastener per shingle is used. For example, in applying adjacent shinbetween its upper and lower edges l2 and I3, is

twenty-two inches, while its width, between the side edges I4 and I5, is eighteen inches. As pre- CII viously noted the length of the edges I2, I3I8,

and I9, are each three ond one-half inches.

With shingles of the present form and of these dimensions, laid with a two and one-half inch headlap, it requires only about one hundred thirty-nine and a half square feet of shingle material to cover a square of roof surface, using only about sixty-two shingles per square From this it Will be evident to those skilled in the art that the shingle is very economical in material. Because of the fact that they are selfaligning they may be laid easily and expeditiously, and since each shingle requires that only a single fastener be driven into it to hold the shingle eventually at four points, it will be seen that application of the shingled roofing is very simple. When applied the roofing presents an attractive appearance of staggered hexagonal shaped exposure patterns. Moreover, it is to be noted, that as there are three thicknesses of material at the butt end of each shingle, to wit, the edges I3, I8, and I9 an increased shadow effect is produced, thereby enhancing the ornamental appearance of .the roof.

What I claim is :l

1. A shingled roofing comprising a plurality of :shingles forming a covering of staggered hexa- ,fgonal patterns, each shingle having parallel horizontal upper and lower edges, oblique side edges, and a tab at each side corner, said tabs having horizontal lower edges in alignment with each other, the length of each of said tab edges being the same as that of the upper and lower shingle edges, said shingles being laid in courses with the corner tabs of adjacent ones of a course overlapping each other with their lower edges in registration to align the shingles, the shingles of each next upper course each being laid with its butt overlying the lapped tabs of adjacent shingles of the course below and with its lower edge in registration with the lower edges of said tabs, each shingle being fastened with a double pointed fastener the lower point of which penetrates through the overlapped tabs and the upper portion of a shingle of the next lower course, and the protruding upper point of which fastener penetrates the butt of a shingle of the next upper .course and is clinched thereon.

' 2,. A shingled roofing comprising a plurality of 4: shingles forming a covering of staggered hexagonal patterns, each shingle having parallel horizontal upper and lower edges, oblique side edges, and a triangular tab at each side corner the outer edge of which is a continuation of the upper oblique edge on the same side of the shingle, each tab having a horizontal lower edge in alignment one With the other, the length of the horizontal edge of each tab being the same as that of the upper and lower horizontal shingle edges, said shingles being laid in courses with the corner tabs of adjacent ones of a course overlapping each other with their lower edges in registration to align the shingles, the shingles of each next upper course each being laid with its butt overlying the lapped tabs of adjacent shingles of the course below and with its lower edge in registration with the lower edges of said tabs, each shingle being fastened with a double pointed fastener the lower point of which penetrates through the overlapped tabs and the upper portion of a shingle of the next lower course, and the protruding upper point of which fastener penetrates the butt of a shingle of the next upper courses and is clinched thereon.

,3. A shingled roofing comprising a plurality of shingles each having a horizontal lower edge, oblique side edges, and a tab at each side corner, said tabs having horizontal lower edges in alignment with each other, the length of each of tab horizontal edges being the same as the length of the horizontal lower shingle edge, said shingles being laid in courses with the corner tabs of adjacent ones of a course overlapping each other with their lower edges in registration to align the shingles, the shingles of each next upper course each being laid with its butt overlying the lapped tabs of adjacent shingles of the course below and with its lower edge inl registration with the lower edges of said tabs, each shingle being fastened with a double pointed fastener the lower point of which penetrates through the overlapped tabs and the upper portion of a shingle of the next lower course, and the protruding upper point of which fastener penetrates the butt of a shingle of the next upper course and is clinched thereon.

4. A roong shingle having parallel horizontal upper and lower edges, oblique side edges of forty-five degree angularity, and a triangular tab at each side corner, the outer edge of each tab being a continuation of the upper oblique edge on the same side of the shingle, said tabs having horizontal lower edges in alignment with each other, the length of each of said ltab horizontal edges being the same as that of the upper and the lower horizontal edges of the shingle.

HERBERT ABRAHAM.

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